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The Schenectady County Clerk, in partnership with the state Office of Court Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, held a drive-in Naturalization Ceremony for 45 applicants Friday morning at Schenectady County Community College’s rear parking lot. Here County Clerk Cara M. Ackerley administers the Oath of Allegiance to the applicants. Schenectady County hosted its first drivein Naturalization Ceremony in September.
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AGeorge Kalso, a strikebreaker conductor working for the United Traction Company in Troy, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for insulting a woman passenger on his car by Judge Byron in police court. The complainant, Mary Hennessey, told the court that Kalso made insulting and lewd gestures at her from the rear platform of the car. When she admonished him for his conduct, she said, he answered her in an even more offensive manner.
—Times Union, May 2, 1921
Albany’s 23rd annual weeklong Tulip Festival began with a parade from Central and North Lake avenues and continued with traditional activities associated with the event: the scrubbing of State Street hill, the proclamation by Mayor Erastus Corning, classic automobiles and colorful floats, performances by the Yankee Doodle Band and the smiling finalists of the Tulip Queen competition. Two boys threw buckets of water on the street for the traditional scrubdown by City Club members, splashing water from the city streets onto the mayor’s trouser cuffs. The Tulip Flower Show at the Albany Insitute of History and Art featured arrangements and rare varieties of tulips and the Capital District Garden Club of the City Club of Albany presented programs and demonstrations. The celebration would climax Saturday, May 8, when the 1971 Tulip Queen would be crowned in Washington Park.
—Times Union, May 2, 1971
Looking Back is compiled by C.J. Lais Jr. and Azra Haqqie. For questions about this feature or to submit information about historic events, contact Tim Blydenburgh, 518-4545421 or tblydenburgh@ timesunion.com